Vietnam Imported 7 Billion 700 Million Dollars In October, An Increase Of 13.4%

In October this year, the trade deficit was about 400 million dollars.

The cumulative trade surplus in the first 9 months of this year was about US $1 billion 870 million, of which the surplus of foreign enterprises (including crude oil) was US $13 billion 820 million, and the deficit of the Vietnamese funded enterprises was US $11 billion 950 million.

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Statistics from the General Bureau of statistics showed that the amount of Vietnam's imports in October (2014) was about $13 billion 600 million, an increase of 2.9% over September, and an increase of 8.8% over the same month last year.

The total amount of Vietnam's imports in the first 10 months of this year was about US $121 billion 200 million, up 11.2% from the same period last year. The amount of imports of Vietnamese enterprises was about 52 billion 500 million US dollars, growing by 12%, and the amount of imports from foreign-funded enterprises was about 68 billion 700 million US dollars, an increase of 10.7%.

The import products increased in the first 10 months of this year. The main products included mechanical equipment and parts, 18 billion 300 million US dollars, increased by 20.4%, cloth 7 billion 700 million US dollars, increased by 13.4%, oil 6 billion 900 million US dollars, 19.4% increase, steel 6 billion 200 million US dollars, 10.5% increase, plastic 5 billion 300 million US dollars,

12.6%, the original ingredients of textiles and garments and footwear were $3 billion 900 million, an increase of 24.8%, cars 2 billion 800 million dollars, an increase of 48%, of which the vehicle import amount was 1 billion 100 million US dollars, an increase of 93%.

In the first 10 months of this year, Vietnam's main importing countries include: China's $35 billion 600 million, increased by 17.1%, and Vietnam's trade deficit with mainland China is still very high, about 23 billion 100 million US dollars, up 17.6% from the same period last year; the ASEAN market was 19 billion US dollars, increased by 6.6%; South Korea's 17 billion 100 million dollars.

2.7%, Japan's US $10 billion 300 million, an increase of 7.9%, the EU's $7 billion 500 million, a decrease of 3.3%.

In October this year, the trade deficit was about 400 million dollars.

The cumulative trade surplus in the first 9 months of this year was about US $1 billion 870 million, of which the surplus of foreign enterprises (including crude oil) was US $13 billion 820 million, and the deficit of the Vietnamese funded enterprises was US $11 billion 950 million.